To think my work is being out of order re: the royal wedding?

[KittenSLittle]

My local NHS trust, where I work, has just decreed that the day of the royal wedding is to be treated as a normal working day! Now, I'm no royalist but as far as I was aware it's meant to be a national holiday. Instead they're running everything as normal and those who usually work Fridays will be made to do so and won't be paid a penny more (they will get a day off in lieu apparently, although when they'll be able to take it I don't know).

AIBU to think this is really mean and just not in the spirit of things?

Erm there is nothing about that that I can't comprehend, thank you Enormasnob. I get that people are pissed off that their particular sector or workplace is not treating that day as a bank holiday.

What I'm saying, though, is that it's tough shit if people's work doesn't allow it as a bank holiday.

When we have children, and work, surely we foresee that there are times when we will have to find extra childcare. Eg: when we are ill, or when schools are closed?

And for the record, I have no aversion to the public sector.

I just feel (and have seen it over and over) that public sector workers have expectations which are way over and above what the rest of the working world get in terms and conditions.

It just seems a little whiney sometimes when public sector workers moan about stuff that the rest of us count as perfectly normal.

I'm a midwife - our trust isn't paying extra for the wedding day either. I'm not bothered. As far as I'm aware we don't even get a day off in lieu if we do work it - still not bothered.

I was a bit annoyed over Xmas when they said they'd only pay unsocial rates for max of 2 BH per person. So if you worked Xmas day, Boxing day and New Year day one of those you weren't paid BH rates for. Not that anoyone was mad enough to work all 3 I shouldn't have thought. But it was the bloody principle on that one.

is it uk bh?or england only.no one scottish cares what the dysfunctional gits do anyway

BTP - I might be being a bit slow - cut can you explain what you mean

scottishmummy - no it's all you wee scots as well :)

take AL
agree why not get married on a Saturday? it's not like they can't afford it

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I was about to start a thread of thanks and here you are

ok,thanks.have zero interest in horah wedding

BTP - I see. That's pretty shit! :( Hope you can at least plan something nice for the day and make it worthwhile!!

Not1not2 - I'm glad you got it OK and that you like it :)

even if was a saturday, we would have then been given monday off as a bh (as at xmas) but it is a bh anyway

no one is entitled to having bh off, just that they must have 28 days off a year pro rota (29 in 2011)

obv having a bh off is nice, but i dont work fridays so techinally dont benifit from the RW as have more than 17 days off (work 3 days) a year

Im sorry you have to work, but you are getting a day off in lieu ( as law says) so dont see the problem

We arent even allowed a day of in lieu for the royal wedding. We dont get any extra pay and we only get £6 an hour. Not many people get paid extra for bank holidays at any time a year, but for this one we wont even get anything

you are getting a day off, just not on the royal wedding day, from what you say you can choose when you will have this day off, why do you think you should have a day off AND more money for the day you work - what don't you understand about ' there is no money in this country'

Blondes - if they'd done it on a Saturday they could have got away with not declaring it to be a 'Bank Holiday'. The few people that work on a Saturday and want to see it could have just booked a days leave, then there wouldn't be all this fuss.

If you mean 28 goes to 29 in 2011 because of the wedding, that's not right, you are only entitled to what is in your contract. The fact that the Govt have decided to say it's a National Holiday/Bank Holiday only increases the public holidays someone must be paid to 9 (from 8) if their contract says 'X amount of days PLUS public holidays' but most contracts will say 'XY amount of days INCLUDING public holidays'.

As with most things in life - it isn't fair ...

Or they could have got married on a Sunday when even less people are working

Don't know what my contract says but as I said I get way over 17days so not complaining

Here in Scotland we don't really have bank holidays anyway. Most people are off Dec 25 and 26th or working days after if it's a weekend and 1st Jan. Sadly the 2nd Jan hol is falling away. Many other English bank holidays don't happen including good friday and easter monday. Different areas have local holidays, so Fife may be off 1 Monday and Edinburgh off another.
I'll often hear on the radio on the way to work about bank holiday traffic and think "oh, England's having a holiday is it"
The wedding isn't down to be a holiday for either my public sector job, my husband's private sector job or the kids' school.

thats what was getting at earlier is it scottish bh,will schools close

Depends on the area. Edinburgh has it as a school holiday, Fife, Angus, Dundee don't.

thanks.